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Your EURO 2016 Poems (90) & haiku (74)
A massive thanks to everyone who contributed to and read ..all your Euro 16 poems and haikus.To our loyal Boro wordsmith Emdad Rahman who covered every single match with a poem .This along with great contributions (in no particular order) from U Rowe, Kevin Raymond, David Sanderson,John J O’Connor, Mishi (Dulwich Poet), E Power, Gacina, […]
Your EURO 2016 Poems (72) & haiku (69)
04 Jul Euro 16 QF4 ~Day 20 Crispin Thomas 03 Jul Kev. Enough Already! kevin raymond 03 Jul Euro 16 ~Day 19 QF3 Crispin Thomas 03 Jul Clash of The Titans. kevin raymond 02 Jul Euro 16 ~Day 18 QF2 Crispin Thomas 01 Jul Child would ask Gacina Bozidar 01 Jul From The Tantrums of […]
Your EURO 2016 Poems (45) & haiku (43)
21 Jun Euro 16~ Day 11 Crispin Thomas 21 Jun #EURO2016 ~ Day 11 Emdad Rahman 20 Jun #EURO2016 ~ Day 10 Emdad Rahman 20 Jun Jamie Vardy
Euro 2016 Poems+New Catchpa+Hillsborough
1 NEW SPAM CATCHPA EXPLAINED Each time you submit a poem you will notice a box. These are ‘Catchpas’ . Please complete the new anti-spam ‘catchpa’ by copying it in the space provided.This is purely to identify you as a person and not spam . if you copy it incorrectly or if it is unclear […]
Euro 2016 Poems+New Catchpa+Hillsborough
1 NEW SPAM CATCHPA EXPLAINED Each time you submit a poem you will notice a new box. These are called ‘Catchpas’ . Please complete the new anti-spam ‘catchpa’ by copying it in the space provided.This is purely to identify you as a person and not spam . if you copy it incorrectly or if it […]
More of Your May Team Poems
May name-checks for : Burnley, Dover Athletic, Forest Green Rovers, Leicester City, Middlesborough, Preston. 11 May Tinker Man mark merriman (Leicester City) 11 May The Fosse Way mark merriman (Leicester City) 11 May L.S.F(Leicester Sixteen Fantasy) Kyle Norbury (Leicester City) 11 May Big Up To Leicester City kevin raymond (Leicester City) 06 May The Sea […]
All Your April Team Poems
More April team mentions for: Aston Villa, Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea, Colchester Utd, Leicester City, Liverpool, Man City, Newcastle United, Norwich City & Tranmere Rovers 25 Apr The Slangtastic Sr Fox Not a Greek tragedy (Leicester City) 24 Apr Sonnet to Norwich City Jeremy Smith( Norwich City ) 21 Apr Layer Road, 1971 Andrew Harris (Colchester […]
More April Team Poems
April team mentions for Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Newcastle United & Tranmere Rovers 19 Apr Sold a dummy Clik the mouse (Spurs / Leicester C) 17 Apr Bitter? Nah not really kevin raymond (Chelsea / Man City) 15 Apr Europa League pandemonium at Anfield Emdad Rahman( Liverpool / Borussia Dortmund) 06 Apr Profit […]
All Your March Team Poems + Johan Cruyff RIP
1. Your March Team Poems 2. Johan Cruyff RIP ~Your Poems 1. YOUR MARCH TEAM POEMS March team name-check for Accrington Stanley, Arsenal, Barcelona, Bolton W, Celtic, Chelsea, England, Everton, Garrison Gunners, Leicester City, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Watford, Woolpack Wanderers & West Ham Utd. 27 Mar The Famous Stanley Ultras Sharon Jones (Accrington […]
All Your February Team Poems
All your February name checks and mentions in your team poems : , Accrington Stanley, Arsenal, Barcelona, Chelsea, Dulwich Hamlet, Leicester City, Lewes, Liverpool, Man City, Newcastle Utd, PSG & Wolves 26 Feb kevin raymond Progress? kevin raymond (Arsenal / Barcelona) 23 Feb European Union v The Toon John Oliver (Newcastle Utd) Wolves with Teeth […]
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Welcome to Football Poets -- a club for all football poets, lovers of football and lovers of (alternative) poetry. Discover poets in every league from respected internationals at the top of their game to young hopefuls in the school playground.
Publish your football poems here and then discuss them with your team mates and fans. We're archived by The British Library, so your masterpieces are in the safe hands of a world-class keeper. What a result!
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13th September 2024 at 6:14 pm
Welcome to Football Poets Beth
Great evocative poem Beth….
More please !
Haiku always welcome.
Hope we (FGR) get to play you again soon
Best
Crispin
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26th July 2024 at 6:25 pm
Great poem Mike Bartram. Eddie was a legend, affectionately known in Liverpool as, “the first hooligan.” Even the hoolies were well dressed in those days. The amazing thing was he was only 26 when that picture was taken. He’d played for Everton youth team and was well known to the players. He never got arrested. They threw him out and he climbed back in, just in time for Derek Temples winner.
I used the picture of him being tackled to the ground on the front cover of my book, “Once Upon a rhyme in Football.” It’s worth looking on youtube and finding the re-enactment of the Wembley scene. Frank Skinner and Baddiel went around to Eddies home in the 1990’s and acted it out on the green outside. It’s hilarious, especially all the effort they put in to get Eddie sober enough to shoot the scene.
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10th July 2024 at 6:07 pm
Hi Crispin,
I don’t know if you’ve see the picture in social media today…
a picture of a teenage Lionel Messi cradling a baby in Africa as part of a photoshoot…. the family had won a lottery to have their baby pictured with him….
the photographer has just revealed that the baby is actually in fact Lamine Yamal!!!!
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26th May 2024 at 2:30 pm
Hi Denys…
Re Man City:
OK it was 20 years ago but Criag Wilson did write this and a few others on them back in 04/05.
BTW I’m more Forest Green Rover since 2014 (and Chelsea) these days . I drum and am a standing season ticket holder .
Best
Crispin
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29th April 2024 at 2:47 pm
Hi Denys,
Yes Richard Williams you’re a brilliant wordsmith, my friend. When I first saw your football poetry I thought it was the superb Guardian sports and music writer. I once had the honour of sitting next to Richard Williams while at the Independent on the sports desk. He writes about music and sport with immense knowledge and authority. I’ve read a couple of Richard’s books recently. Great writer rather like you Richard Williams the Pompey fan. Congratulations on promotion.
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28th April 2024 at 5:59 pm
Thanks Denys. Yes your replay poem was superb.
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26th April 2024 at 4:46 pm
Nice work, Joe. You were quick off the mark with that! Good one from Richard Williams too I see.
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25th April 2024 at 7:33 pm
Hi Denys,
Thanks mate. I’ll do it now.
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25th April 2024 at 1:56 pm
Thanks Joe,
you might like to write a poem yourself on the same subject…
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23rd April 2024 at 4:03 pm
Hi Denys
With you all the way on the abolition of FA Cup replays. What are they doing to the game?
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